From the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) to the overturning of Roe v. Wade to the growth of AI in health care, multiple forces are converging to remap the health care landscape. In a new webinar, Manatt...more
5/7/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Equity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mental Health ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Physicians ,
Preventive Health Care ,
Provider Payments ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reimbursements ,
Webinars
The purpose of this quarterly tracker is to identify key federal and state health AI policy activity. Below reflects federal legislative and regulatory activity to date related to AI, and state legislative activity introduced...more
4/24/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
OCR ,
ONC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda
On March 18, the Biden Administration announced that it is doubling down on its commitment—previously announced during President Biden’s State of the Union address—to transform women’s health research and improve the lives of...more
Earlier this week, Governor Kathy Hochul released her Executive Budget proposal totaling $233 billion for State Fiscal Year 2025. The budget proposes several initiatives targeted at improving access to, quality of, and...more
1/23/2024
/ Abortion ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Family Planning Clinics ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
LGBTQ ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicaid ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Qualified Health Plans ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Budgets ,
State Funding ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women's Rights
Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of legislation intended to strengthen the state’s shield laws, which provide protections to patients receiving and providers rendering reproductive health services,...more
10/4/2023
/ Abortion ,
California ,
Confidential Information ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Equal Protection ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Human Rights ,
New Legislation ,
Patient Access ,
Pregnancy ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Women's Rights
From the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) to the overturning of Roe v. Wade to the skyrocketing growth of virtual care, multiple forces are converging to remap the health care landscape. In a new webinar,...more
9/15/2023
/ Abortion ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Continuous Coverage ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Preventive Health Care ,
Provider Payments ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
Shield Laws ,
Webinars
The Big Picture -
On April 12, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking to address the privacy of protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive health...more
4/17/2023
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Comment Period ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Reform ,
New Guidance ,
PHI ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Women's Rights
A multitude of forces are converging to remap our health care landscape—from the impact of the Dobbs decision to the controversies around transgender rights to the uncertainty around telehealth coverage as the COVID-19 public...more
4/12/2023
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Gender Identity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Inducements ,
Physicians ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Telehealth ,
Transgender ,
Webinars
On July 13, 2022, the New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) published proposed rules in the New York State Register to implement provisions of the State Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Enacted Budget and the...more
7/14/2022
/ Comment Period ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
MCOs ,
Medicaid ,
Medicaid Reform ,
New York ,
OMIG ,
Proposed Regulation
In the two weeks following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Biden Administration has taken several actions to provide clarity about women’s access to reproductive health...more
7/11/2022
/ Abortion ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
EMTALA ,
Equal Protection ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
New Guidance ,
OCR ,
Patient Access ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
SCOTUS
Balancing Gene Therapy’s Promise and Price -
Editor’s Note: Exciting advances in science have led to developing treatment breakthroughs, such as gene scripting therapies, that could represent the first potential cures...more
12/20/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Final Rules ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospice ,
MCOs ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
Safe Harbors ,
Telehealth